Problem with TMPGenc

[coleburg]

I have searched but cant find the solution.

I have a movie I would like to make a dvd but when I select the movie, it doesnt automatically select the audio from the same file and when I select the source manually it says its unsupported or something.

I have all the codecs installed as I have tried with klite codec pack and also ace mega codec but still wont work.

I have also tried a newer edition of TMPGenc and with that it selects the audio too but crashes as soon as I try to encode.

I have also tried TMPGenc xpress but this also crashes.

Please help

The file has ac3 and i have ac3 codec installed.

Thanks

[canadateck]

Just convert the Video then Mux the AC3. Or you can Convert the AC3 to Wav then use that in Tmpgenc.

[coleburg]

I have tried extracting the wav but again it freezes when encoding.

I did cut a 3 min clip of the movie and this encoded fine so does this mean the codecs are fine.

Another thing is that the movie is very long, over 2 hours and im trying to encode to a 4 gig dvd, could it be that the movie is too long as the short clip works?

any ideas?

[Leoslocks]

From one newbee to another, you do not offer enough information about your process.

Which version of TMPGEnc are you using?
How about the settings for Stream Type?

The Common TMPGEnc problems thread in the sticky is a good read. It gets better after learning some of the fundementals.

[look30]

If sound is AC3 the you can use GoldWave to extract the wave file and do some processing on it like increase volume. Then use a converter to convert it to mp2. I use DVD X Maker which accepts mps and wav formats and does the conversion automatically so the way I do it is :
1.convert the wideo into m2v and mp2 formats then delete the mp2 cause is useless.
2.extract audio from original avi with GoldWave and save it as wav.
3.feed the m2v and wav files as sources to DVD X Maker .
DONE
http://www.goldwave.com/release.php

Alterantively you can try the decompress.exe program from Avi2VCD package to decompress the AC3 sound into PCM and then feed it to TMPGENC.This is simpler but it does not work at times or the sound sux, very low volume.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Codec-Packs-Video-Codecs/AVIVCD.shtml

Good luck